Separator



A. w. KUZILIK SEPARATOR March 24, 1925. 1,530,836

Filed Aug. 1923 WITNESSES. INVENTOR A TTOR NE YS Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES tsiaan ANDREW WILLIAM KUZILIK, OF BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA; I

SEPARATOR.

Application filed August 2, 1923. Serial No. 655,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ANDREW lVILLIAM ITUVZILIK, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Barnsdall, in the county of 5 Usage and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in separators especially adapted for use in separating water from oil although also adapted for separating other fluids such as water from steam or the like.

The object of the invention istov provide a separator of thischaracter which will automatically separate the water from the oil'or steam in an efiicient and novel manner and without the employment of any power ratus. I 1

Another object is to provide a device of this character and having these advantages which is simple and durablein construction,

reliable, safe and automatic in operation, 'and easy and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and install.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novel features of the construction, combination and arrange ment of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described-and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which:

partly in elevation, illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2is a view thereof on line 22 of Figure 1; and p Figure 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in central verticalsection and partly in elevation illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings wherein for the meansv or expensive or complicated appa "Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and.

sake of illustration is shown the preferred pivot-ally connected to eyes or othersuitable devices provided at the upper ends of connecting rods 20, the lower ends ofwhich are formed with'eyes 21 interengaged with attaching lugs 22 securedto the upper end of the settling tank designated generally at The settling tank 23, comprises a cylindrical drum 24 arranged with its longitudinal axis vertical and having its lower end closed by a head 25 and its upper end closed by a head 26. The head 25 is provided with a-central discharge port 26 which communicates with the ports of a discharge fitting 27/ The head 28 is also provided with a central opening 28 equipped witha stuffing box or packing gland 29. The pipe line which conveys theoil or steam'having the water commingled therewith to the settling tank 23 is designated. at 30 and has incorporated therein a vertically. disposed inlet pipe 31 which extends upthrough a discharge fitting 27 and through the discharge port 26 and which terminates inan open end 32 atabout thecenter of the tank. An outlet pipe 33 is also embodiedin the pipe line and is arranged in vertical al-inementc with the pipe 31. This outlet pipe extends throughthe stuiling box or packing gland 29 and at a point just below the packing gland 29 and within the tank 23 it is provided with one or more outlet ports 34L affording communication between the interior of the tank and the outlet pipe when the parts are positioned as shown in Figure 1.

A coupling 35 serves to rigidly connect the pipes 31 ,and' 33 and is provided with a partition or division wall 36. which separates the pipes 31 and 32 and prevents direct communication between these pipes. The

partition35 is arranged a slight distance above the open end of the pipe 31 and the tubular portion of the coupling between this open end and the partition 36 is -pro vided with a plurality of ports or openings 37 permitting of flow of the "oil and water or steam and water from the-pipe into the tank 23. An inverted cup-shaped baffle 38 is carried by the coupling 35 and extends above and around the-openings 37 and serves to deflect the incoming oil and water or steam. or water downwardly into the tank 23. A discharge valve' lO is'fixedto the inlet pipe 31 and cooperates with a valve seat 1-1 provided therefor in the discharge fitting 27. Anoutlet' valve ei2is fixed to the outlet pipe 33 just below the ports 3st and is co-dpeiable ii ith awali e'seat 43 iprowided on the "stuffing bdx -29.

hen the separator is used for separating water from oil theweight 14 is L El5jflSh Cl O11 the balance beam 12 to support the tank in 1ts uppermost position, as shown in Frgui e 1, when the same contains about a foot of Water, as indicated in ifi ig'iire 1, and is filled above the water with oil. At this "point it is "to be 4 understood"thatsuitahle supports'are provided for "the pipe line'so as t o -holdthje pipes 31 andBSst'ationarY and 'rigid. When ithe 'oil"ha1i*i-ng meter commingled therewith flows in through -'the*pipe 31 it pa'ssesthrough the open end thereof,

through the openings 3:? and is deflected the Battle 88 dewmvarely into the *tank 2 3.

t This insures precipitation "or settlingof the water in the two-m of the tank leaii-ng the oil alone free to i fiowdipwztrdly "in the tank to'theoutlet "ports Theoil from whieh {the water has been "removed flows through theport's into theotitlet'pipe'33"and on to the "phint {to whieh it is to bede liverethor stored. TVhen' the avatar; accumulating "in the bottoin"d1the "tank exceeds aprede'ter- "mined weight it willeaus'ethe tank 'to move or slideaownwardiy on are pipes a r and '33 "against'liftiiig "aoti'cin of the: weight 15. This movement o'f" the tank will cause the valve seat 41 to move aiw a'yfiiirom the'-*tliseha-r e iALtthe stnn'e time the waive i l-Q has fibeen L brought, against the 1 seat 4:3 and the-p orts 3e more positive by the proa ision of the valve f "p redteriniire'd pointf'the weight 1% is '=ar'e'- disp sea in the bore" or "opening "of the are moved into the o ening of the stuffing box might alone be "s'iifiicient 3 to prevent outnon-emu daringum waier tlisoh-ar gihg lop eratihnbiit thishetion'is rendered sure and "ing otitfiow ojreil*dnring th'e wate'r disoh drgop'eration aeomplete separation l the "fill from the Fwiate'r is insured zit-"all times. As sooni as tli'ehandti'tit ofiwat'en in thelower end e f the taffk 123 has been reduced to 21 again effective to liitt "or "slide the fta nk upwai'tll green, on "em-pip relative 5 to the pipes31' and 33 to close ".the di'soharge. tali' e and opeifth'e odtletv'alve so 'th'atthe sep arati'ng' action above described maybe continiie'd. Y Thisoperation "is?autoina tic "and oeiitinuousnnd requires no "atten ibni t The 'separatonis alsondapted fcrsepamtingwaterdroin SilQH-Iil' btlt when 's'o 'used it win -te rain e be found "desirable to omit the "naive enema to place th poi-ts. 54 lower 3 so that? the steam" may j e dishafl' ged 1 froin the tank fat all times, it

"beingiindesiiableto permit-steam pressur Fliquitl *in the ts item of *the' tank to nee Tout i through the p 'ort "26 aiid the 'erteinithediseharge-fittings 2'7.

rating"Water"of ooiitlensationfroni steam the eommrngled water and steam flow into the tank "from the pipe *30 and 'aredeflected downwardly hy the bai'ile' 38 to insure pre mpuauen of-the water, after which the "steam passes upwardly and out through the port otthe outlet pipe. When the water I amu-nmlatin inthe Wank-exceeds a predeterniined amount it Will aiitomatically lower the taii'kto permit ofthe escape of thewater "to reduce t-hequ'a'ntity thereof 'to a predetermined amount afterwhich the tank is automatically movedupwardly to close the dis charge valve.

1. it-separator comprising'a settling-tank having-a water "discharge port in'its' lower and: and hawing-"an outlet in -'the upper part of the tank, means for supporting the tank and 1 adapted to "permit of downward movenient o't' -th'e -t'ztnk'when the weiglito-f the exeeeds a predetermined supported ln'its uppermost position, nnd'an ttmoiilit; a station-t tty "discharge valve cooperahlewi'th the discharge'port "and' arranged outlet- Valve etiopeia ible'with said outlet and arranged to be, closed when." the tank moves dewhirartlly-anthto be opened when the "saniefis" in itsupperinostposition.

-A-sepa1jator comprising a settlin tank having a -w-at'er discharge port in its lower "end a stationary inlet pipe extending into the tank througlr "the discharge port and openmg into the tank intermediate the ends "thereofy'a "stationary outlet pipe le'ading through the upper end of the-tank and'havin'g airioutl'e't port leadingthereinto, coup ding between theinl'et'pipe and the outlet pipe at-1d" having *a- I partition 7 separating th e saidpipes, a bathe carried by theeoupling;

'ini'eupip'edownwardly -inthe"tank a discharg valve fixetl'to theinletpipecand"cofoperabie withthe d-lsehargei-p'ort, and means forsnpporting1the tank-and adapted to' permit of downward movement "of the tank rela- -tive to"s;a:id pipes "when the w'veig'ht of the fluid in "the tank exceeds a predetermined amount.

:3. A separator-1comprisingasettling tank "-h a:v-ingfa water discharge portf'in its lower end, stationa' ry hnlet p'ipeexten'dmg into let pipe and cooperable with the discharge port, and means for supporting the tank and adapted to permit of downward movement oi the tank relative to said pipes when the weight of the fluid in the tank exceeds a predetermined amount.

a. A separator comprising a settling tank having a water discharge port in its lower end, a stationary inlet pipe extending into the tank through the discharge port and opening into the tank intermediate the ends thereof, a stationary outlet pipe leading through the upper end of the tank and having an outlet port leading thereinto, a coupling between the inlet pipe, and the outlet pipe and having a partition separating the said pipes, a baflie carried by the coupling and designed to deflect the fluids from the inlet pipe downwardly in the tank, a dis-' charge valve fixed to the inlet pipe and cooperable with the discharge port, an outlet valve carried by the outlet pipe adjacent the outlet port and cooperable with the tank for shutting off communication between the tank and the outletport, and means for supporting the tank and adapted to permit of downward movement of the tank relative to said pipes when the weight of the fluid in the tank exceeds a predetermined amount and comprising a hanger, a balance beam tulcrumed thereon, a weight at one endof .said beam, and connections between the opposite ends of said beam and said tank.

5. A separator comprising a settling tank havin a water dischar e )ort in its lower end, a stationary inlet pipe extending into the tank through the discharge port and opening into the tank intermediate the ends thereof, a stationary outlet pipe leading through the upper end ofthe tank and having an outlet port leading thereto, a discharge valve fixed to the inlet pipe and cooperable with the discharge port, an outlet valve carried by the outlet pipe adjacent the outlet port and cooperable with the tank for shutting oii communicationbetween said beam, and connections betwen the 'opposite ends of said beam and said tank. ANDRElV WILLIAM KUZILIK. 

